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Hannah Youngblood

When Postdoctoral Research Fellow Hannah Youngblood’s work on exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) was featured by the BrightFocus Foundation, it caught the attention of Jennifer Rucker, an Alabama resident who was diagnosed with XFG several years ago. What followed was a meaningful dialogue and a shared sense of purpose — and the creation of the Georgia Tech Glaucoma Research Fund (Wreck Glaucoma! Fund). 

From L to R: Krishna Monroe, president of EMS at GT; Lianna Homrich, vice president of EMS at GT;  Daeun “Esther” Lee, outreach director of EMS at GT; and Brandon Brigner, CPR officer of EMS at GT.

Four Georgia Tech students share what it’s like to balance rigorous coursework with the high-stakes world of emergency medicine.

During a 2025 “Making Science Accessible” event, CoSYAB members provided feedback to graduate students testing new ways of presenting their research to the public.

Launched in fall 2024, the volunteer leadership group is composed of alumni who obtained an undergraduate degree from the College within the past two decades or a master’s or Ph.D. degree within the past decade.

Community Engagement Graduate Fellows

Four graduate students from the College of Sciences were selected for the new Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship, made possible through a gift from Google, to develop projects that positively impact the metro Atlanta area and highlight how science can align with public good.

Degraded marsh on Cumberland Island, Georgia.

The award will support the design of nature-based solutions including living shorelines and marsh restoration in flood-prone areas of Camden County, Georgia.

Armita Manafzadeh

Manafzadeh will join Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences in August 2026. The new Manafzadeh Lab at Georgia Tech will investigate how joints work and where they come from — both evolutionarily and developmentally.